Turtle Island Quartet

Turtle Island Quartet
Turtle Island Quartet
	(Front to back) David Balakrishnan, Naseem Alatrash, Benjamin von Gutzeit, Gabriel Terracciano
Background information
Origin	San Francisco, California, U.S.
Genres	Jazz, classical crossover
Years active	1985–present
Labels	Windham Hill, Telarc, Azica, Blue Note
Members	David Balakrishnan; Benjamin von Gutzeit; Gabriel Terracciano; Naseem Alatrash;
Past members	Darol Anger; Mark Summer; Irene Sazer; Mads Tolling; Jeremy Kittel; Tracy Silverman; Danny Seidenberg; Evan Price; Katrina Wreede; Laurie Moore; Jeremy Cohen; Mateusz Smoczynski; Alex Hargreaves; Malcolm Parson;
Website	turtleislandquartet.com

The Turtle Island Quartet is a string quartet that plays hybrids of jazz, classical, and rock music. The group was formed in 1985 by David Balakrishnan, Darol Anger, and Mark Summer in San Francisco. They released their first album on Windham Hill Records in 1988 with Irene Sazer.^[1]

^ Ginell, Richard S. "Turtle Island String Quartet". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 September 2017.

[Ginell-1] Ginell, Richard S. "Turtle Island String Quartet". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 September 2017.

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